12 Days of Christmas: A Terrarium!

The best last minute holiday gift may be flowers, but they only last a few days. And if you live in New York, or an apartment in the middle of a city, it's near impossible to keep a plant alive (in our experience, at least), but a terrarium? Now we're talking.

If you're really into giving green this holiday season, Assembly New York has you covered. By definition, a terrarium's your own little eco-system, a glass encased garden stuffed with various plants. (And no, they have nothing to do with Sea Monkeys, ant farms or Chia pets.) While it may sound like something you'd find in a museum catalogue, these architectural terrariums by Assembly are anything but. They're hand made from glass and asymmetric soldered frames. Greg Aramas, the founder of Assembly New York says that the design "came from an architectural rendering from the move Assembly made this fall, as well as from some drawings I made over lunch one day. It was kind of like Weird Science, I drew it and it appeared."

You can, of course, order them online and ship them anywhere in the country. So if you accidentally ate that Momofuku pie you ordered yesterday, go ahead andclick on this.